Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 10:09:08 +1100 From: Peter Clutton <peterclutton@gmail.com> To: Javier Matos <javierlu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with hard drives Message-ID: <57416b300511121509h65c1dbc9id9083249f14c8d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000601c5e7d8$6813afc0$0301a8c0@mindcrash> References: <000601c5e7d8$6813afc0$0301a8c0@mindcrash>
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On 11/13/05, Javier Matos <javierlu@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I was trying to install FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT in my box but when I do i= t... Usually my >hard drive make a strange noise... and the screen show DMA= problems >. . Anyone is having problems with FreeBSD and Seagate hard drives? > My system is so unstable and I don=B4t know how to solve the situation...= hard drives hare >Seagate 160 Gb SATA I had a similar issue, and from memory it was the cable. For instance you probably need an 80 pin cable, or your current cable may have something wrong with it (happens eventually with all the twisting etc). Also check that master/slave/primary/secondary is all correct etc.
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